EMTs, first responders and paramedics have long worked under a reimbursement system that effectively keeps their pay low and gives them an incentive to not always provide efficient, quality care.
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It sure looks as if the nation is headed in the wrong direction. While that's not intended as a blanket political statement, opinion polls would show strong arguments for and against such a position.
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The threat of ceaseless auditing and penalties is causing many hospitals to reclassify Medicare patients as less-costly “observation” cases, and the people receiving the care say the confusing change leaves them on the hook for medical bills that the government ought to cover.
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The American Hospital Association would like to have seen more from the CMS' final rules on Medicare's conditions of participation and its plans to streamline reporting requirements for hospitals, released May 10, according to a statement from President and CEO Richard Umbdenstock.
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The Internal Revenue Service said it will briefly accept comments about changes to the Form 990 that were prompted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The agency will take comments through May 16 on new reporting requirements to monitor how hospitals comply with new criteria for how...
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Omnicare, the largest institutional pharmacy provider in the U.S., agreed to pay $50 million to resolve allegations that some of its pharmacies improperly dispensed controlled substances. The settlement resolves allegations that Cincinnati-based Omnicare violated the Controlled Substances Act, the...
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Health insurance companies that meet or exceed the medical-loss-ratio standard established in the healthcare reform law must notify policyholders on or after July 1, according to a new rule from the CMS. The MLR standard is a consumer protection in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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The threat of ceaseless auditing and penalties is causing many hospitals to reclassify Medicare patients as less-costly “observation” cases, and the people receiving the care say the confusing change leaves them on the hook for medical bills that the government ought to cover.
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Massachusetts hospitals support the state's new efforts to transform the way that healthcare is paid for, but are concerned officials may attempt to slow spending too fast and that more regulation that could dampen the innovation already under way.
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HHS announced the first grantees in a nearly $1 billion initiative under the healthcare reform law last week and showed again that uncertainty surrounding the act's future won't stop the Obama administration from funding the law's many programs.
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An overhaul of the Medicare physician payment system is again on Congress' agenda, but it remains unclear as ever whether the latest efforts will produce any results.
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Hospital groups and GPOs are pushing the IRS to prohibit device manufacturers from shifting the cost of the industry's excise tax to the price of their products.
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As states increasingly turn to managed care to control Medicaid costs, a pair of lawsuits in Kentucky shows the growing pains that can complicate the transition.
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Three veteran health information technology leaders have recently taken positions with for-profit companies that sell software and IT services to the healthcare industry.
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The prospect of states receiving nearly a total of $12 billion for 2013 and 2014 to boost Medicaid payments to primary-care physicians has been generally well-received, though there is apprehension over returning to current payment levels come Jan. 1, 2015.
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The biggest healthcare union in California reached a pact with the state hospital association that calls for immediate steps to make nice and a pledge to work together to improve and reduce the costs of care, and could provide a template for partnerships in other states.
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It's the final week to participate in Modern Healthcare's 19th annual Physician Compensation Survey. This survey is intended for companies that conduct and publish physician salary surveys.
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Many billions of dollars have been spent in the past decade on new or upgraded healthcare information technology systems, but the money has bought improved functionality, not infallibility, according to health IT experts.
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EMTs, first responders and paramedics have long worked under a reimbursement system that effectively keeps their pay low and gives them an incentive to not always provide efficient, quality care.
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You never know who you might see jumping out of an ambulance to provide emergency care. It could be a rock star, a former teen heartthrob or even a hospital executive.
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It sure looks as if the nation is headed in the wrong direction. While that's not intended as a blanket political statement, opinion polls would show strong arguments for and against such a position.
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“A study of diabetes in overweight and obese youngsters bears an ominous warning about future healthcare trends in this country. … Congressional Republicans, meanwhile, are bent on dismantling healthcare reforms that could greatly assist in curbing the obesity epidemic. The...
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By Chris Van Gorder and Dr. Eric Topol
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Our industry has reached its turning point. We're facing many challenges, but an equal number of opportunities. If administrators and physicians direct their collective focus on weaving together innovations in healthcare delivery, technology and medicine, we can create the healthcare system of the...
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Regarding the May 7 article “Dual costs," thank you for highlighting the role the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly is playing in helping states integrate care for their high-cost, high-need...
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A list of the nation's 15 largest nurse staffing organizations, ranked by estimated 2010 U.S. temporary staffing revenue. The organizations shown are locum tenens staffing firms as well as both per diem and travel nurse staffing firms. Source: Staffing Industry Analysts. Published May 14,...
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The Federation of American Hospitals has named Leah Cohen as its director of political and public affairs, effective May 7. Cohen replaces Alex Mullineaux, who left the FAH to join a hospital system in Gastonia, N.C. Cohen previously worked for the National Association of Real Estate...
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Who's most responsible for the success in recent years of the Chicago Bulls basketball team? Superstar guard Derrick Rose? Coach Tom Thibodeau? Or, as some in his family may believe, is it John Donahue, CEO of the Brentwood, Tenn.-based Cogent HMG hospitalist staffing company?
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A love of government work and family apparently drove HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' decision to accept a controversial invitation to address a graduating class at one of the nation's highest-profile Roman Catholic universities.
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The most eye-catching reference in a recent Health Affairs report on patient fears when dealing with “authoritarian” doctors did not get an endnote citation. That's...
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“If the nurses are a threat to Rahm Emanuel, then heaven help the U.S. … They're trying to marginalize the effect of the nurses.”—RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United, in the Chicago Tribune, citing Mayor Rahm Emanuel in...
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The May 7 Cover Story “Off-trail in Oregon” incorrectly reported that all providers in the proposed Portland-area Tri-County Medicaid Collaborative are using the same information technology vendor. At...
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